LLMs have only been getting incrementally better but new things are also made discontinuously possible.

· Bits and Bobs 5/11/26
  • LLMs have only been getting incrementally better but new things are also made discontinuously possible.
    • That's due to threshold effects.
    • Some use cases don't work until a quality bar is cleared, then they just start working.
    • Before it required significant specification to get good results.
    • Now, you can get good results with minimal specification.
    • The models are just good enough to figure it out on their own.

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